Lamp for heating brooders.



PATENTED, PEEL 14, 1905.

G. U. CHASE.

LAMP FOR HEATING BROODERS.

ATTORNEYS Patented February 14, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE COLLINS CHASE, OF PINEHURST, NORTH CAROLINA.

LAMP FOR HEATING BROODERS- SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters PatentN 0. 782,725, dated February 14, 1905.

Application filed eptember 16, 1904. Serial No. 224,638.

To all 1077,0171, it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE CoLLINs CHASE, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of Pinehurst, in the county of Moore and State ofNorth Carolina, have invented a new and Improved Lamp for HeatingBrooders, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

The object of my invention is to provide a lamp which is especiallyadapted for heating brooders, but may also be used for heating purposesin general.

IVith this and otherobjects in view my invention consists in theconstruction and combination of parts, as will more fully appearin thedetailed description appended hereto and definitely set forth in theclaims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in both the figures.

Figure l is a central section of my lamp,

and Fig. 2 is a horizontal section on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1.

My lamp consists of a tank 1, made of any suitable material, for holdingthe combustible fluid. This tank 1 has a filling-tube 2 in the sideprovided with a cap 3, and the tank is also provided with an inturnedflange 4, having a downturned edge 5. A short distance below the flange4 a top 6 is securely fastened around the edge of the tank, by means ofsolder or otherwise, to prevent escape of the oil, and said top ispreferably cone-shaped, with the apex of the cone at the bottom. Acrossthe apex of this cone-shaped top is cut a slot 7, in which is securelyfastened a hollow wedgeshaped member 8, which is round at the top andhas fastened to it a rim 9, having screwthreads 10, which are made ofstandard size to fit any ordinary burner. This member 8 may be made ofvarious sizes to fit the different standard sizes of burners now in use,so as to adapt the lamp for the particular purpose intended. The loweredge of the Wedgeshaped member 8 is open just a sufficient dis:

tance to readily admit of the passage of an ordinary wick into the tank1.

Instead of a glass chimney, as is ordinarily provided, I preferably usea chimney made of sheet metal, which consists of a cylinder or othershaped piece 12, which just fits the burner 11 intended to be used. Tothe top of this chimney is secured in any ordinary manner a cover 14:,having a hole 15 in the center over the flame to provide means for thedraft necessary for proper combustion. In the side of the chimney 12 iscut a hole 16, provided with a sheet of mica, so that the fiame may beseen and readily regulated. The chimney is adapted to be rcmovably heldon the burner 11 by means of a set-screw 17, as is ordinarily employed.

The object in securing the top 6 below the flange 4 of the tank is toprovide a second tank open at the top to hold water or othernoncombustible liquid for preventing the heatfrom the lamp raising thetemperature of the tank above the danger-point.

The object in providing the flange at is to permit the handling of thelamp without spilling the water or other cooling liquid.

The advantage in making the top 6 coneshaped is that thereby thegreatest amount of cooling liquid is concentrated at the point nearestthe source of heat, thus more effectually preventing overheating of thecombustible liquid.

By using my form of chimney it can be made very low and at the same timeafford perfect combustion, thus enabling the lamp to be used in a verysmall space.

Having described one specific form of my invention, I do not wish to belimited to the precise details herein set forth, but only in so far asincluded in the claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby'Letters Patent- 1. In a lamp, the combination of a tank for acombustible liquid, an inclined top for said tank, a support for aburner located at the base of said incline, a burner on said support,and means for confining a cooling liquid so as to cover said top.

2. In a lamp, the combination of a tank for a combustible liquid, acone-shaped top for said tank, a supportfor a burner located at the apexof said cone, a burner on said support, and means for confining acooling liquid 'so as to cover said top.

3. The combination in a lamp, of a reservoir, a partition dividing thereservoir into two compartments, an upper and a lower, the lowercompartment being closed, a hollow burner-support mounted upon saidpartition and extending upwardly through the upper compartmentapproximately to the top of the reservoir, the interior of said supportbeing in communication at its lowerend with the lower compartment, aburner mounted on the burner-support. and a peripheral flange extendinginwardly around the top of the reservoir leaving the space between saidflange and the top of the burner-support open to the outer air.

4. In a lamp, the combination of a tank for containing a combustibleliquid, an inwardlyextending flange at the top of said tank, acone-shaped top for said tank located below said flange so as to hold acooling liquid, and a support for a burner mounted in the apex of saidcone.

5. The combination in a lamp, of a reservoir, a partition dividing thereservoir into two compartments an upper and a lower, the lowercompartment being closed and designed to contain a combustible liquid, ahollow burner-support mounted upon said partition and extending upwardlythrough the upper compartment approximately to the top of the reservoir,the lower end of said support extending near the bottom of the reservoirand for a cooling liquid.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

GEORGE COLLINS CHASE.

Witnesses:

G. E. FOWL'E, E. M. ELLIS.

